Friday, April 9, 2010

A Summer Wedding By L.L. Bean Signature

L.L. Bean Signature is having a small 20% off sale on a few select items. Looking at the sale quickly I realized you could get a full breezy, summer wedding kit for $287 (suit in navy, khaki or stone), which is a pretty damn good deal when you figure just a suit alone often costs twice as much. Use your left over change to get it tailored perfectly and you're good to go bag some bridesmaids. Check it...

My favorite suit is a rolled 3-button. Fit better and looked better than the 2-button version of the same model. That would not stop me on this one. However, if the jacket length is too long, no tailor can fix that.

Dan - they aren't trying to hide anything. That suit jacket's button stance is was LAS corrected referred to as a "3/2 roll" as in three buttons but the lapel rolls to the middle one so that it buttons like a two. Only the middle button is meant to be fastened. This is arguably the most traditional American style. You should try it out.

Sam - I'm fairly certain that part of the whole updating process of the signature line was making the tailored clothing closer to the body and shorter so I would not be worried about jacket length.

I'm only 5'6"-7"ish, have narrow waist and narrow shoulders, so I have a hard time finding suits that fit me well, but if it's cut anywhere near the J.Crew Ludlow (which the 38S fits me perfectly), then this should be a winner.

I'm hoping this suit will be good summer suit for my honeymoon but also shooting weddings.